LOÏC M. DÉJARDIN

DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, ECVS
Brinker Endowed Chair of Veterinary Surgery
Professor of Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgery
ACVS Founding Fellow – Minimally Invasive Orthopaedic Surgery (SA)
College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

Dr. Déjardin is the Wade Brinker Endowed Chair of Veterinary Surgery. He is Professor of Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgery at MSU and a Founding Fellow of the ACVS MIS SA Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship. Dr. Déjardin graduated from Toulouse, France and completed his Surgical Residency then MS at MSU.
Déjardin authored ~100 research proposals (~$8M), nine inventions and holds five patents on an interlocking nail and a targeting device for minimally invasive osteosynthesis as well as an anatomic distal femoral locking plate and an ingress-egress suction device. He received several prestigious awards in both veterinary and human medicine as well as in engineering, including the O’Donoghue Sports Injury Research Award (AOSSM), the Zandman Award (Soc. Exp. Mechanics), Distinguished Postdoctoral Veterinary Alumnus Award (MSU) and the Pfizer-Zoetis Award for Excellence in Research. His publications include >250 peer-reviewed scientific papers and abstracts, 20 book chapters and ~550 presentations in the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia.
As an AO Foundation International Faculty former Trustee committed to continuing education worldwide, Déjardin regularly speaks at national and international meetings and courses. Dejardin is a former member of the AO Technical Commission and AO Small Animal Expert Group as well as the Veterinary Global Expert Group. He started a Minimally Invasive Osteosynthesis (MIO) program at MSU in the early 2000s’ and developed a novel interlocking nail suited for MIO, well as a new technology devised for the MIO of sacroiliac luxations. From 2009 to 2022, Déjardin created and chaired the first comprehensive AOVET Master Course on MIO.
His clinical interests include traumatology, MIO, revision surgery and total joint replacements. His research activity focuses on biomechanics, implant and instrument design, development of new surgical techniques, elbow and ankle total joint replacement, as well as kinetics. Since 2015, Dr. Déjardin has taken a leadership role in advancing robotics and navigation in veterinary orthopaedics and traumatology.